Philip Dunne asks the Home Secretary how many hand-held devices have been issued to police officers and CSOs.
Mr. Dunne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hand-held devices have been issued to police officers and community support officers in each police force in England and Wales. [264085]
Mr. Coaker [holding answer 16 March 2009]: As at 12 March 2009, a total of 26,188 hand held devices had been issued. The number of devices issued in each police force in England and Wales is shown in the following table.
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Number
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Avon and Somerset constabulary
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450
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Bedfordshire police
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1,453
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Cambridgeshire constabulary
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1,363
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|
Cheshire constabulary
|
1,130
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|
City of London police
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0
|
|
Cleveland police
|
173
|
|
Cumbria constabulary
|
50
|
|
Derbyshire constabulary
|
80
|
|
Devon and Cornwall constabulary
|
0
|
|
Dorset police
|
140
|
|
Durham Constabulary
|
0
|
|
Dyfed-Powys police
|
0
|
|
Essex police
|
2,192
|
|
Gloucestershire constabulary
|
0
|
|
Greater Manchester police
|
500
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|
Gwent police
|
200
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Hampshire constabulary
|
0
|
|
Hertfordshire constabulary
|
2,118
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|
Humberside police
|
40
|
|
Kent police
|
1,842
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|
Lancashire constabulary
|
2,750
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|
Leicestershire constabulary
|
750
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|
Lincolnshire Police
|
0
|
|
Merseyside police
|
103
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Metropolitan police
|
80
|
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Norfolk constabulary
|
0
|
|
North Wales police
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1,760
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|
North Yorkshire police
|
0
|
|
Northamptonshire police
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845
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Northumbria police
|
0
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Nottinghamshire police
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1,500
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South Wales police
|
0
|
|
South Yorkshire police
|
354
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Staffordshire police
|
1,200
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Suffolk constabulary
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0
|
|
Surrey police
|
200
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Sussex police
|
0
|
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Thames Valley police
|
1,200
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|
Warwickshire police
|
0
|
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West Mercia constabulary
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0
|
|
West Midlands police
|
0
|
|
West Yorkshire police
|
3,570
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Wiltshire constabulary
|
145
|
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Total
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26,188
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